Nuance Management Center

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Administrating Dragon with the Nuance Management Console
Starting the Dragon Client from a Command Line
On any workstation that has the Dragon Client installed, you can start the client from the
command line:
1. Select Start > Run... and enter cmd in the Run dialog box that pops up.
2. Switch directories to the following path: (use Program files (x86) for x64 systems)
<drive>:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking12\Program
3. Enter the command line shown below, passing either the -user option or the /user option
followed by the user name and password, in that order. The user name and password
must be from a user account created on the NMS Server:
natspeak.exe /user <username> <password>
4. The password is optional if a provider does not have a password, but Nuance recom-
mends that you assign all providers using Dragon Medical a password.
5. You can also use natspeak to install the client from the command line. To receive dia-
gnostic messages about the Dragon Client installation process, you can use the diagnostic
option shown below:
natspeak.exe /diagnose
When you use the /diagnose option, Dragon Medical sends any information about errors that
occur during the installation into the Dragon.log file.
Closing the Dragon Client from a command line
Closing Dragon from a command line is the same as closing Dragon from the Dragonbar
menu and closes all Dragon related processes.
This feature is useful for customers that use Dragon in a virtual environment as it allows
administrators to close Dragon without using the Task Manager.
1. Select Start > Run... and enter cmd in the Run dialog box that pops up.
2. Switch directories to the following path: (use Program files (x86) for x64 systems)
<drive>:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking12\Program
3. To close Dragon without saving user profile changes, enter the command line shown
below. This command works even if the Automatically save user files on close option
is enabled in the Dragon client.
natspeak.exe /ShutDown
4. To close Dragon and save user profile changes, enter the command line shown below.
This command works even if the Automatically save user files on close option is dis-
abled in the Dragon client.
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